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How to Decorate With Teal
This blue-green color is a versatile classic for walls, furniture and accessories, conjuring everything from the tropics to the Tropicana
Teal is a mixture of blue and green. It can be mixed with white to make it lighter or with grey to make it darker. At its brightest it has a yellow undertone and is very close to turquoise, and at its most muted, it more closely resembles a green slate.
It has obvious associations with the sea and the tropics, but it’s also a midcentury modern favourite, especially in its greyer, more muted incarnation.
Teal pops with bright white, and its colour wheel match is coral. But it also works with cream, navy, pinks and especially gold and brown tones. Nothing looks quite so good as a gold-framed mirror against a teal wall.
It’s a classic that works with nearly any style, from eclectic to traditional, maybe because it can be both punchy and loud and muted and staid, depending on what is required of it.
It has obvious associations with the sea and the tropics, but it’s also a midcentury modern favourite, especially in its greyer, more muted incarnation.
Teal pops with bright white, and its colour wheel match is coral. But it also works with cream, navy, pinks and especially gold and brown tones. Nothing looks quite so good as a gold-framed mirror against a teal wall.
It’s a classic that works with nearly any style, from eclectic to traditional, maybe because it can be both punchy and loud and muted and staid, depending on what is required of it.
A very blue teal with very little grey looks stunning with pink and gold accents.
A teal accent wall brings richness into the room without being too loud or bright. It also has good midcentury modern chops.
Just a few teal accents add spark to this muted, neutral room. This hue just goes so well with the gold and flax colours in the rug and the drapes.
Surprise! A teal ceiling. It brings out those nice exposed beams and adds a burst of colour to this brown and white kitchen.
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It works with supermodern design and looks great with reds.
A teal sofa with brownish red accents is lovely and surprisingly calm.
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More teal with red and gold.
Teal with navy. It's so bold and so elegant.
Jennifer Jones of Niche Interiors in San Francisco says, “We used teal in this project because it really pops against the white mouldings and light floors. It’s a bold, happy colour that pairs well with neutrals such as grey, taupe and tan.” I second that.
More crisp white, earthy browns and dark teal. Absolutely gorgeous.
This lighter, yellower teal is very close to turquoise but isn't quite there. It has a different effect than its darker, bluer siblings, and it gives a room a very modern pop.
Teal does well with other blues and greys as well, especially the muted, greyer version of it.
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